Commertial Operations Manager
Job Summary
Job Description
An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Operations Manager Oncology in our company. This position will play a crucial role in driving strategic analysis financial management collaboration and operational excellence.
You will be responsible for providing accurate and strategic insights monitoring budgets engaging with stakeholders and ensuring commercial excellence within the unit.
What you will do:
Bring energy knowledge innovation and leadership to carry out the following:
- Strategic Analysis & Forecasting: play a key role in the annual and multiyear commercial planning processes for Oncology leading analytical work ensuring consistency across teams and assessing multiple scenarios to support strategic decisionmaking.
- Performance Monitoring & Market Insights: lead endtoend performance monitoring across public and private markets owning monthly KPI tracking proactively identifying trends risks and opportunities and translating insights into clear databased recommendations in regular business reviews with senior stakeholders.
- Private Market Commercial Offers: design and build annual commercial offers for key private groups track performance vs. objectives and proactively identify risks and opportunities to optimize impact and ensure delivery of agreed outcomes.
- Financial & Expense Management: own the tracking and monitoring of promotional budgets and commercial expenses ensuring accuracy transparency and financial discipline while providing guidance and training to teams as needed.
- Advanced Data Analytics & Decision Support: drive highimpact analytics initiatives using advanced analytical approaches to support business trends and insights performance optimization resource allocation and prioritization initiatives across the Oncology portfolio.
- CrossFunctional Leadership & Governance: act as a strategic thought partner to crossfunctional leaders (Marketing Sales KAM Finance Market Access and Medical) actively contributing to the evolution and execution of key commercial governance processes such as incentives segmentation and targeting.
What skills you will need:
In order to excel in this role you will more than likely have:
- Bachelors degree in Life Sciences Business Administration Engineering or a related field; MBA or advanced postgraduate education in business strategy or finance is preferred.
- At least 3 years of experience in commercial strategy planning commercial excellence or strategy & operations roles ideally within pharma healthcare consulting or datadriven environments.
- Strong analytical and financial acumen with the ability to work with complex datasets performance indicators and forecasts to generate meaningful business insights.
- Ability to influence challenge and partner constructively with senior stakeholders in a complex matrixed organization.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex concepts and data into clear concise messages for executive audiences.
- High level of comfort operating in ambiguous fastchanging environments demonstrating resilience problemsolving and sound judgment.
- Fluent in Spanish and English with advanced proficiency in Excel PowerPoint and commercial analytics tools and experience using CRM and enterprise reporting systems.
- Willingness to be based in Madrid and to undertake occasional domestic and international travel as required.
Why Join Us
As a company we are committed to keep the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the worlds most challenging healthcare needs.
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse talented and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment.
So if you are ready tomake a meaningful impact on Oncology strategy and help shape commercial excellence in a dynamic cross-functional environment please apply today.
Required Skills:
Budget Management Commercial Analytics Commercial Strategies Cost Management Data Analysis Digital Marketing Financial Management Forecasting Market Research Oncology Marketing Operational Excellence Product Management Project Management Promotional Activities Stakeholder Engagement Strategic Planning Vendor ManagementPreferred Skills:
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06/13/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
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Manager
About Company
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA is known as “Merck” in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as “MSD” in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific. We are a global biopharmaceutical leader with a diverse portfolio of prescription medicine ... View more